According to rankings compiled by Forbes, St. Louis is
one of the most affordable cities in the country. The city’s top ranking is driven by our
affordable housing, and by costs below the national average for things like transportation,

As most of us remember from civics, the Presidential
election is held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in
years divisible by 4 – a month and day chosen to accommodate an agrarian

MayorSlay.com’s writers just recently finished reading “Eligible,”
Curtis Sittenfeld’s update of Jane Austen’s "Pride and Prejudice." (We liked it and it inspired us to do this
week’s Mini-Poll about books.)

MayorSlay.com recently listened to a National Public
Radio story about the return policy at LL Bean. It is, to say the least, a
generous one. Anything, at any time, regardless.The story discussed, interestingly enough, the effect of the policy on

St. Louis County recently passed a law prohibiting
tobacco sales to anyone under the age of 21. Missouri, like many states, has no
minimum smoking age. The County’s new law, which Mayor Francis Slay says he would